Woke up early, but failed to plan properly to post the last blog bit, so didn't get off to Regent's Park and the London Zoo until nearly noon.

Stopped off at Baker Street and got a glimpse into the tacky world of Sherlock Holmes memorobilia.

A quick trip to the inner circle revealed no park theater today, so we may try for Thursday to catch Shakespeare in the Park (A Midsummer Night's Dream).

Sadly the Gorilla and Chimpanzee enclosures were shut down for renovations until 2007, so Red River Hogs, African Hunting Dogs, Warthogs, Okapis, Zebras, Giraffes, Ibises (Sacred and Scarlet), Meerkats, Otters, Lemurs, Penguins, Hornbills, Butterflies, Pelicans, a host of bugs, fishes, Spider Monkeys, Emus, Bactrian Camels, Pygmy Hippopatamuses, Brittle Stars, Anemones, Starfish, and lizards had to suffice.

Though we tried, we failed to find the Serpentine in Hyde Park (instead, we managed to miss most of the park completely, and just walked up Park Way).

Thwarted, we retired to The Champion on Bayswater for a few well-deserved pints. We each had a Bombadier, Amber had a Greene King IPA, and I had another whose name entirely escapes me [Edit It was Pedigree, and it was entirely forgettable]. Indian food at the Mahal for dinner, and we nearly caught the cinema, but chose to wait until the air conditioning was repaired.